

SLAY YOUR WAY THROUGH THE MAZE OF DARKNESS..!!

Moonshadow

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(C) 1990 IDEA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. MARKETED AND DISTRIBUTED EXCLUSIVELY
BY THE SOFTWARE BUSINESS.


INTRODUCTION

You are alone and you have a mission to complete. You must find and
destroy the terrible creature that has been sent to plague the Earth by
the gods of darkness. But time is running out and you must accomplish
your mission before Septerios, the black moon, darkens Fulax the magic
moon which protects the world with its life-giving rays.


LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

Joystick in port 2

C64 cassette
- Put the cassette in the recorder
- Press SHIFT and RUN/STOP
- Press PLAY on the recorder

C64 disk
- Put the disk into the drive
- Type LOAD"*",8,1 and press RETURN
- Follow on screen instructions


HOW TO PLAY

When the loading screen appears, press the fire button. It will ask you
to identify the code of an icon that is printed on the back of the poster
[Note: Actually, the back of the poster is the manual of the game, and
the codes can't be reproduced by ASCII characters]. Type the right value
and press RETURN. After this the game will load (C64 disk users: turn
disk to side B). The aim of the game is to find and destroy the terrible
snake that hides himself inside the hell's caverns. In the beginning you
will be armed with a dagger, but during your journey you will find more
powerful weapons. You will also find some useful objects that are
indispensable to complete your quest: energy potions, keys, on-screen
maps and many others that you will discover (you can take a maximum of
six objects). The bottom of the screen is divided in several windows that
represents (from left to right):

- Energy indicator: every time something hurts you, you will loose energy
and the datter will move towards the heat; when the dagger pierces the
heart, the game is over.

- Selected weapon shows the weapon currently in use.

- Available time: shows the magic moon Fulax slowly overhelmed by the
terrible black moon Septerios. When Septerios covers Fulax completely,
the game is over.

- Selected object shows the object currently in use.

- Counter: shows your current score.


CONTROLS

You move your hero with the joystick in port 2. Press the fire button to
use the selected weapon.

- Cursor keys: moves along the object list

- RETURN: use selected object

- SPACE BAR: change weapon (if you have collected more than one)

- D: gives a text description of the selected object

- RUN/STOP: pause (press fire to continue)

- Q: quit


HINTS AND TIPS

- Every enemy inside the game has his own attack pattern: try to find the
right tactic and weapon for each of them.

- Try to use all the objects that you find and learn not to waste them.

- Always take a look at the scoring messages appearing after your actions
at the bottom of the playing area: you could find some useful clues.

- The following will get you off to a "quick-start" on your quest: from
your starting position go right for 2 screens, then down 1 screen.
Collect the key and go back to the starting point. Now go left 2 screens
and down 1 screen. Under the ladder you will find an object: collect it
and use it. It will show you a map with all the screens already visited.
Press fire to continue. Go left 1 screen and down 1 screen, stay in front
of the door, select the key from your object list and use it: you have
opened your first door!


CREDITS

Program, graphics, sound - PAOLO GALIMBERTI
Project manager - ANTONIO FARINA

MOONSHADOW (C) 1990 IDEA - IDEA IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SC srl -
VARESE - ITALY
